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The snowball : Warren Buffett and the business of life / Alice Schroeder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2009.Edition: Updated and condensed edDescription: xi, 816 p., [16] p. of plates : ports. ; 20 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780747596493 (pbk.) :
  • 0747596492
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 332.6092 SCH 22
LOC classification:
  • HG172
Contents:
Part one/The bubble 1.The less flattering version 2.Sun Valley 3.Creatures of habit 4.Warren, what's wrong? Part two/The inner scorecard 5.The urge to preach 6.The Bathtub Steeplechase 7.Armistice Day 8.A thousand ways 9.Inky fingers 10.True crime stories 11.Pudgy she was not 12.Silent sales 13.The rules of the racetrack 14.Th elephant 15.The interview 16.Strike one 17.Mount Everst 18.Miss Nebraska 19.Stage fright Part three/The racetrack 20.Graham Newman 21.The side to play 22.Hidden splendor 23.The Omaha Club 24.The locomotive 25.The Windmill War 26.Haystacks of gold 27.Folly 28.Dry tinder 29.What a worsted is 30.Jet Jack 31.The scaffold sways the future 32.Easy, safe, profitable, and pleasant 33.The unwinding Part four/Susie sings 34.Candy Harry 35.The Sun 36.Two drowned rats 37.Newshound 38.Spaghetti Western 39.The giant 40.How not to run a public library 41.And then what? 42.Blue ribbon Part five/The King of Wall Street 43.Pharaoh 44.Rose 45.Call the two truck 46.Rubicon 47.White nights 48.Thumb-sucking, and its hollow-cheeked result 49.The angry gods 50.The Lottery 51.To hell with the bear 52.Chickenfeed 53.The genie 54.Semicolon 55.The last Kay party 56.By the rich, for the rich 57.Oracle 58.Buffetted 59.Winter 60.Frozen coke 61.The seventh fire 62.Claim checks 63.The crisis 64.The snowball
Summary: Warren Buffett has opened his world to Alice Schroeder, giving her unprecedented access to himself, his files, friends and associates. This book provides the only insight into his character and life, distilling the principles and philosophies that have guided him on a path to extraordinary success and esteem.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 332.6092 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 224099
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 332.6092 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 224102

Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one/The bubble 1.The less flattering version 2.Sun Valley 3.Creatures of habit 4.Warren, what's wrong? Part two/The inner scorecard 5.The urge to preach 6.The Bathtub Steeplechase 7.Armistice Day 8.A thousand ways 9.Inky fingers 10.True crime stories 11.Pudgy she was not 12.Silent sales 13.The rules of the racetrack 14.Th elephant 15.The interview 16.Strike one 17.Mount Everst 18.Miss Nebraska 19.Stage fright Part three/The racetrack 20.Graham Newman 21.The side to play 22.Hidden splendor 23.The Omaha Club 24.The locomotive 25.The Windmill War 26.Haystacks of gold 27.Folly 28.Dry tinder 29.What a worsted is 30.Jet Jack 31.The scaffold sways the future 32.Easy, safe, profitable, and pleasant 33.The unwinding Part four/Susie sings 34.Candy Harry 35.The Sun 36.Two drowned rats 37.Newshound 38.Spaghetti Western 39.The giant 40.How not to run a public library 41.And then what? 42.Blue ribbon Part five/The King of Wall Street 43.Pharaoh 44.Rose 45.Call the two truck 46.Rubicon 47.White nights 48.Thumb-sucking, and its hollow-cheeked result 49.The angry gods 50.The Lottery 51.To hell with the bear 52.Chickenfeed 53.The genie 54.Semicolon 55.The last Kay party 56.By the rich, for the rich 57.Oracle 58.Buffetted 59.Winter 60.Frozen coke 61.The seventh fire 62.Claim checks 63.The crisis 64.The snowball

Warren Buffett has opened his world to Alice Schroeder, giving her unprecedented access to himself, his files, friends and associates. This book provides the only insight into his character and life, distilling the principles and philosophies that have guided him on a path to extraordinary success and esteem.

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